In order to help and support the MSME units in Defence Sector, Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) has taken an initiative which will act as a matchmaker between members MSMEs and Indian Defence Industry. The guest speakers were: Mr Jayant D Patil - President, SIDM, Mr S P Shukla - Vice President SIDM, Mr Baba Kalyani-Past President, Mr Sujit Haridas-DG, SIDM, Mr Praveen Toshniwal, Chairman, SIDM, MSME Subcommittee, Admiral Pritam Lal, Principal Advisor, SIDM and others. The Forum will endeavour to:
# Arrange guidance & support from offices under the Ministry of Defence and other Ministries, as may be relevant, wherever it is considered necessary.
# Arrange interaction with Customer organisations {Services and their lower formations, DPSUs, DRDO, HQs and their laboratories & establishments, OFB and Factories} to provide clarifications on policy provisions, procurement procedures, vendor registration procedures etc.

# Extend guidance and support, through internal resources of SIDM, to navigate the landscape of procedures/processes of customer organisations.
# Provide an interactive platform to member industries to discuss their specific issues/queries related to R & D, procurement procedures and processes of Customer organisations in the Indian Defence sector.It was also announced that SIDM is going to organise a VIRTUAL EXHIBITION between 18 May -29 May 2020. Mr Tarun Kr. Sen of NTR Pvt. Ltd joined the Webinar session.